59 Events
258 Births
131 Deaths
- 2023 An avalanche strikes Nyingchi, Tibet, killing 28 people. ↗
- 2017 The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended. ↗
- 2016 President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program. ↗
- 2013 Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter. ↗
- 2013 Shahzad Luqman is murdered by members of Golden Dawn in Petralona, Athens, leading the creation of new measures to combat race-based attacks in Greece. ↗
- 2010 Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths. ↗
- 2008 British Airways Flight 38 crashes short of the runway at Heathrow Airport, injuring 47. ↗
- 2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing. ↗
- 2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. ↗
- 1998 Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website. ↗
- 1997 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. ↗
- 1996 The Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union. ↗
- 1995 The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced. ↗
- 1994 The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured. ↗
- 1992 During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. ↗
- 1991 Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. ↗
- 1991 Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V. ↗
- 1981 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it. ↗
- 1977 Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah. ↗
- 1969 Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. ↗
- 1966 Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. ↗
- 1961 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending. ↗
- 1961 Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered together with former Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of the Congo Maurice Mpolo and former Senator from Kasai Province Joseph Okito in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. ↗
- 1950 The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston. ↗
- 1950 United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted. ↗
- 1948 The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified. ↗
- 1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Vistula–Oder Offensive forces German troops out of Warsaw. ↗
- 1945 The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as the Red Army closes in. ↗
- 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew. ↗
- 1941 Franco-Thai War: Vichy French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy. ↗
- 1920 Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect. ↗
- 1918 Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard. ↗
- 1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. ↗
- 1915 Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I. ↗
- 1912 British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. ↗
- 1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. ↗
- 1903 El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve. ↗
- 1899 The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. ↗
- 1893 Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani. ↗
- 1885 A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. ↗
- 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War. ↗
- 1852 The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic. ↗
- 1811 Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries. ↗
- 1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed. ↗
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. ↗
- 1773 Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle. ↗
- 1649 The Second Ormonde Peace creates an alliance between the Irish Royalists and Confederates during the War of the Three Kingdoms. The coalition was then decisively defeated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. ↗
- 1648 England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. ↗
- 1641 Reapers' War: The Junta de Braços (parliamentary assembly) of the Principality of Catalonia accepts the proposal of establishment of the Catalan Republic under French protection. ↗
- 1608 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men. ↗
- 1595 During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. ↗
- 1562 France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain. ↗
- 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. ↗
- 1377 Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. ↗
- 1362 Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. ↗
- 38 BCE Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. ↗
- 2003 Robin Roefs, Dutch footballer ↗
- 2002 Samuel, American singer based in South Korea. ↗
- 2001 Enzo Fernández, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 2000 Kang Chan-hee, South Korean singer and actor ↗
- 2000 Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver ↗
- 2000 Ayo Dosunmu, American basketball player ↗
- 1999 Isa Briones, American actor and singer ↗
- 1998 Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1998 Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, French footballer ↗
- 1997 Jake Paul, American boxer, actor, rapper, and social media personality ↗
- 1997 Kyle Tucker, American baseball player ↗
- 1996 Allonzo Trier, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Indya Moore, American actor and model ↗
- 1994 Lucy Boynton, American-English actress ↗
- 1994 Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1992 Stanislav Galiev, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1991 Trevor Bauer, American baseball player ↗
- 1991 Willa Fitzgerald, American actress ↗
- 1991 Esapekka Lappi, Finnish rally driver ↗
- 1991 Alise Post, American BMX rider ↗
- 1990 Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1990 Tyler Zeller, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Taylor Jordan, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 Kelly Marie Tran, American actress ↗
- 1988 Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2013) ↗
- 1988 Earl Clark, American basketball player ↗
- 1988 Will Genia, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1988 Jonathan Keltz, American actor ↗
- 1988 Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer ↗
- 1987 Cody Decker, American baseball player ↗
- 1987 Oleksandr Usyk, Ukrainian boxer ↗
- 1986 Viktor Stålberg, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1985 Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1985 Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter ↗
- 1984 Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer ↗
- 1984 Dexter Lumis, American wrestler ↗
- 1983 Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1983 Ryan Gage, English actor ↗
- 1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player ↗
- 1983 Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver ↗
- 1983 Marcelo Garcia, Brazilian martial artist ↗
- 1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Andrew Webster, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1982 Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer ↗
- 1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer and manager ↗
- 1981 Ray J, American singer, actor, and television personality ↗
- 1981 Michael Zigomanis, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1980 Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1980 Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer ↗
- 1978 Lisa Llorens, Australian Paralympian ↗
- 1978 Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1977 Leigh Whannell, Australian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer ↗
- 1975 Freddy Rodriguez, American actor ↗
- 1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer ↗
- 1974 Derrick Mason, American football player ↗
- 1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor ↗
- 1973 Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia ↗
- 1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1973 Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
- 1971 Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player ↗
- 1971 Richard Burns, English race car driver (died 2005) ↗
- 1971 Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ↗
- 1971 Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1970 Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1970 Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor ↗
- 1970 Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, and producer ↗
- 1969 Naveen Andrews, English actor ↗
- 1969 Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author ↗
- 1969 Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer ↗
- 1968 Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author ↗
- 1968 Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar ↗
- 1967 Richard Hawley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1966 Trish Johnson, English golfer ↗
- 1966 Joshua Malina, American actor ↗
- 1966 Shabba Ranks, Jamaican rapper, musician, and songwriter ↗
- 1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1964 Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 44th First Lady of the United States ↗
- 1964 John Schuster, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1963 Colin Gordon, English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive ↗
- 1963 Kai Hansen, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1962 Jun Azumi, Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46th Japanese Minister of Finance ↗
- 1962 Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer ↗
- 1962 Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author ↗
- 1962 Denis O'Hare, American actor and singer ↗
- 1961 Brian Helgeland, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1960 John Crawford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1960 Chili Davis, Jamaican-American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1959 Susanna Hoffs, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ↗
- 1958 Tony Kouzarides, English biologist, cancer researcher ↗
- 1957 Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host ↗
- 1957 Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author ↗
- 1956 Damian Green, English journalist and politician ↗
- 1956 Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1955 Steve Earle, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor ↗
- 1955 Pietro Parolin, Italian cardinal ↗
- 1955 Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee ↗
- 1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist ↗
- 1953 Jeff Berlin, American bass player and educator ↗
- 1953 Carlos Johnson, American singer and guitarist ↗
- 1952 Tom Deitz, American author (died 2009) ↗
- 1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2002) ↗
- 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer (died 2023) ↗
- 1950 Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic ↗
- 1949 Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic (died 2003) ↗
- 1949 Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1949 Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor ↗
- 1949 Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984) ↗
- 1949 Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1948 Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland ↗
- 1947 Joanna David, English actress ↗
- 1947 Jane Elliot, American actress ↗
- 1945 Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer ↗
- 1945 Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic (died 2022) ↗
- 1944 Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic ↗
- 1943 Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1943 René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti (died 2017) ↗
- 1942 Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (died 2016) ↗
- 1942 Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author ↗
- 1942 Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator ↗
- 1942 Nigel McCulloch, English bishop ↗
- 1941 István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect ↗
- 1940 Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (died 2015) ↗
- 1940 Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete ↗
- 1940 Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay (died 2020) ↗
- 1939 Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 2008) ↗
- 1939 Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer ↗
- 1938 John Bellairs, American author and academic (died 1991) ↗
- 1938 Toini Gustafsson, Swedish cross country skier ↗
- 1937 Alain Badiou, French philosopher and academic ↗
- 1936 John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan (died 2019) ↗
- 1936 A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1997) ↗
- 1935 Ruth Ann Minner, American businesswoman and politician, 72nd Governor of Delaware (died 2021) ↗
- 1934 Donald Cammell, Scottish-American director and screenwriter (died 1996) ↗
- 1933 Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (died 1987) ↗
- 1933 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2003) ↗
- 1933 Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (died 1998) ↗
- 1932 John Cater, English actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1932 Sheree North, American actress and dancer (died 2005) ↗
- 1931 James Earl Jones, American actor (died 2024) ↗
- 1931 Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia ↗
- 1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014) ↗
- 1929 Philip Latham, British actor (died 2020) ↗
- 1929 Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1986) ↗
- 1929 Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Jean Barraqué, French composer (died 1973) ↗
- 1928 Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (died 2012) ↗
- 1927 Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (died 1961) ↗
- 1927 Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (died 2008) ↗
- 1927 Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1927 E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (died 1994) ↗
- 1926 Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician (died 2023) ↗
- 1926 Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (died 2006) ↗
- 1926 Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (died 2006) ↗
- 1925 Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (died 2000) ↗
- 1925 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (died 1996) ↗
- 1924 Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (died 2017) ↗
- 1923 Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (died 1962) ↗
- 1922 Luis Echeverría, Mexican academic and politician, 50th President of Mexico (died 2022) ↗
- 1922 Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (died 2012) ↗
- 1922 Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (died 2021) ↗
- 1921 Jackie Henderson, Scottish footballer (died 2005) ↗
- 1921 Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician (died 2018) ↗
- 1921 Charlie Mitten, English footballer and manager (died 2002) ↗
- 1921 Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (died 1998) ↗
- 1920 Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator (died 2003) ↗
- 1918 Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1994) ↗
- 1918 George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2013) ↗
- 1917 M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 1987) ↗
- 1916 Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician (died 2011) ↗
- 1914 Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (died 2007) ↗
- 1914 Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1914 Howard Marion-Crawford, English actor (died 1969) ↗
- 1914 Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (died 2015) ↗
- 1914 William Stafford, American poet and author (died 1993) ↗
- 1911 Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1966) ↗
- 1911 John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (died 1981) ↗
- 1911 George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991) ↗
- 1908 Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (died 1985) ↗
- 1907 Henk Badings, Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (died 1987) ↗
- 1907 Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (died 1991) ↗
- 1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (died 2005) ↗
- 1905 Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2007) ↗
- 1905 Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (died 1950) ↗
- 1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1966) ↗
- 1905 Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (died 1960) ↗
- 1904 Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (died 1969) ↗
- 1901 Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (died 1973) ↗
- 1899 Al Capone, American mob boss (died 1947) ↗
- 1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (died 1977) ↗
- 1899 Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (died 1960) ↗
- 1898 Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian (died 1972) ↗
- 1897 Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (died 1946) ↗
- 1888 Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (died 1963) ↗
- 1887 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (died 1975) ↗
- 1886 Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (died 1955) ↗
- 1883 Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1972) ↗
- 1882 Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (died 1946) ↗
- 1881 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1941) ↗
- 1881 Harry Price, English psychologist and author (died 1948) ↗
- 1880 Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1960) ↗
- 1877 Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (died 1937) ↗
- 1877 May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (died 1969) ↗
- 1876 Frank Hague, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (died 1956) ↗
- 1875 Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright (died 1910) ↗
- 1871 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral (died 1936) ↗
- 1871 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1940) ↗
- 1867 Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (died 1939) ↗
- 1867 Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player (died 1934) ↗
- 1865 Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1951) ↗
- 1863 David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1945) ↗
- 1863 Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (died 1938) ↗
- 1860 Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland (died 1949) ↗
- 1858 Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (died 1940) ↗
- 1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1941) ↗
- 1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer (died 1935) ↗
- 1853 Alva Belmont, American suffragist (died 1933) ↗
- 1853 T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and academic (died 1930) ↗
- 1851 A. B. Frost, American author and illustrator (died 1928) ↗
- 1850 Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Brazilian cardinal (died 1930) ↗
- 1850 Alexander Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (died 1918) ↗
- 1834 August Weismann, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (died 1914) ↗
- 1832 Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and academic (died 1906) ↗
- 1828 Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918) ↗
- 1828 Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (died 1898) ↗
- 1820 Anne Brontë, English author and poet (died 1849) ↗
- 1814 Ellen Wood, English author (died 1887) ↗
- 1793 Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (died 1867) ↗
- 1789 August Neander, German historian and theologian (died 1850) ↗
- 1761 Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (died 1832) ↗
- 1734 François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor (died 1829) ↗
- 1732 Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (died 1798) ↗
- 1728 Johann Gottfried Müthel, German pianist and composer (died 1788) ↗
- 1719 William Vernon, American businessman (died 1806) ↗
- 1712 John Stanley, English organist and composer (died 1786) ↗
- 1706 Benjamin Franklin – American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (died 1790) ↗
- 1693 Melchor de Navarrete, Spanish colonial governor of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia, 1739 – 1742); of Spanish Florida (1749 – 1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754 – 1758) (died 1761) ↗
- 1686 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (died 1766) ↗
- 1666 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (died 1723) ↗
- 1659 Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1745) ↗
- 1640 Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (died 1724) ↗
- 1612 Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (died 1671) ↗
- 1600 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (died 1681) ↗
- 1593 William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer (died 1662) ↗
- 1574 Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (died 1637) ↗
- 1560 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (died 1624) ↗
- 1517 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English Duke (died 1554) ↗
- 1504 Pope Pius V (died 1572) ↗
- 1501 Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (died 1566) ↗
- 1484 George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (died 1545) ↗
- 1472 Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian captain (died 1508) ↗
- 1463 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) ↗
- 1463 Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (died 1535) ↗
- 1429 Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (diedc. 1498) ↗
- 1342 Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404) ↗
- 2025 Didier Guillaume, French politician, 25th Minister of State of Monaco (born 1959) ↗
- 2025 Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (born 1929) ↗
- 2025 Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Mongolian politician, 1st President of Mongolia (born 1942) ↗
- 2025 Denis Law, Scottish footballer (born 1940) ↗
- 2023 Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (born 1904) ↗
- 2022 Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer (born 1937) ↗
- 2021 Rasheed Naz, Pakistani film and television actor (born 1948) ↗
- 2020 Derek Fowlds, British actor (born1937) ↗
- 2019 S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer (born 1948) ↗
- 2017 Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (born 1929) ↗
- 2017 Colo, American western lowland gorilla, first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (born 1956) ↗
- 2016 Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939) ↗
- 2016 Melvin Day, New Zealand painter and historian (born 1923) ↗
- 2016 V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (born 1935) ↗
- 2016 Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (born 1915) ↗
- 2014 Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (born 1940) ↗
- 2014 Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (born 1942) ↗
- 2014 John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1940) ↗
- 2014 Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (born 1962) ↗
- 2014 Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (born 1941) ↗
- 2013 Jakob Arjouni, German author (born 1964) ↗
- 2013 Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (born 1954) ↗
- 2013 John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (born 1934) ↗
- 2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (born 1917) ↗
- 2012 Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (born 1937) ↗
- 2011 Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (born 1934) ↗
- 2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (born 1983) ↗
- 2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1914) ↗
- 2010 Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1919) ↗
- 2010 Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
- 2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (born 1943) ↗
- 2008 Bobby Fischer – American chess player and author (born 1943) ↗
- 2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1948) ↗
- 2007 Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (born 1925) ↗
- 2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian engineer and politician (born 1951) ↗
- 2007 Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (born 1940) ↗
- 2006 Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (born 1925) ↗
- 2005 Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (born 1960) ↗
- 2005 Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1920) ↗
- 2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (born 1920) ↗
- 2005 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1919) ↗
- 2004 Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (born 1929) ↗
- 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (born 1914) ↗
- 2004 Ray Stark, American film producer (born 1915) ↗
- 2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (born 1931) ↗
- 2003 Richard Crenna, American actor and director (born 1926) ↗
- 2002 Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
- 2002 Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (born 1932) ↗
- 2000 Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (born 1928) ↗
- 2000 Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1917) ↗
- 1997 Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (born 1912) ↗
- 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (born 1906) ↗
- 1996 Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (born 1936) ↗
- 1996 Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (born 1922) ↗
- 1994 Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (born 1926) ↗
- 1994 Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (born 1918) ↗
- 1993 Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 1992 Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (born 1915) ↗
- 1991 Olav V of Norway (born 1903) ↗
- 1990 Panka Pelishek, Bulgarian pianist and music teacher (born 1899) ↗
- 1988 Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (born 1938) ↗
- 1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
- 1987 Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (born 1927) ↗
- 1984 Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1903) ↗
- 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (born 1899) ↗
- 1977 Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (born 1940) ↗
- 1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer (born 1940) ↗
- 1972 Betty Smith, American author and playwright (born 1896) ↗
- 1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (born 1890) ↗
- 1970 Billy Stewart, American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (born 1937) ↗
- 1961 Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1925) ↗
- 1952 Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (born 1877) ↗
- 1951 Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (born 1903) ↗
- 1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (born 1869) ↗
- 1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (born 1883) ↗
- 1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (born 1884) ↗
- 1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1885) ↗
- 1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (born 1848) ↗
- 1932 Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (born 1881) ↗
- 1932 Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1893) ↗
- 1931 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1864) ↗
- 1930 Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (born 1873) ↗
- 1927 Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (born 1860) ↗
- 1911 Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (born 1822) ↗
- 1909 Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (born 1826) ↗
- 1909 Ali Smith – Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (born 1819) ↗
- 1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1835) ↗
- 1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (born 1828) ↗
- 1896 Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, Welsh writer and patron of the arts (born 1802) ↗
- 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes – American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (born 1822) ↗
- 1891 George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1800) ↗
- 1888 Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (born 1825) ↗
- 1887 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (born 1840) ↗
- 1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (born 1804) ↗
- 1878 Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (born 1812) ↗
- 1869 Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (born 1813) ↗
- 1863 Horace Vernet, French painter (born 1789) ↗
- 1861 Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (born 1821) ↗
- 1850 Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (born 1762) ↗
- 1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (born 1762) ↗
- 1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (born 1806) ↗
- 1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (born 1671) ↗
- 1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (born 1682) ↗
- 1737 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (born 1662) ↗
- 1718 Benjamin Church, American colonel (born 1639) ↗
- 1705 John Ray, English botanist and historian (born 1627) ↗
- 1617 Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (born 1551) ↗
- 1598 Feodor I of Russia (born 1557) ↗
- 1588 Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (born 1528) ↗
- 1523 Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, German landgravine (born 1466) ↗
- 1468 Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (born 1405) ↗
- 1456 Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (born 1395) ↗
- 1369 Peter I of Cyprus (born 1328) ↗
- 1345 Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch ↗
- 1345 Martino Zaccaria, Genoese Lord of Chios ↗
- 1334 John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (born 1266) ↗
- 1329 Roseline of Villeneuve, Carthusian nun (born 1263) ↗
- 1229 Albert of Riga, German bishop (born 1165) ↗
- 1168 Thierry, Count of Flanders (born 1099) ↗
- 1156 André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar ↗
- 1040 Mas'ud I of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (born 998) ↗
- 764 Joseph of Freising, German bishop ↗
- 644 Sulpitius the Pious, French bishop and saint ↗
- 395 Theodosius I, Roman emperor (born 347) ↗